LATEST RATINGS: August 21-25, 2023

[Toups]

Ratings for the week August 21-25, 2023

[Soapsuds]

B&B still dropping. I'm not surprised.

GH is tanking too.

[dragonflies]

lol nothing is drawing people in on BOLD. Something's gotta give, they're up for renewal next year. I think they'll get it but something still needs to give

[Jeff]

The remaining soaps are just getting stale.  Back in the day if a show brought in these numbers, it was canceled.

I mean I barely watch Days anymore (wonder what their ratings are like).

B&B is the same dialogue every day, people talking about others' relationships, there's barely any movement.

Y&R is getting the same as B&B, all they talk about is business.  I think the most exciting thing was Diane saving Ashley from choking.  That's not saying a lot.

[Soapsuds]

B&B Spoilers Monday, August 21, 2023 – Episode 9088
 

 

Liam makes an impassioned plea. Steffy demands answers. Thomas keeps a secret.



B&B Spoilers Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – Episode 9089

Ridge questions Thomas about Hope. RJ chooses an alliance. Hope and Liam make a unified decision.



B&B Spoilers Wednesday, August 23, 2023 – Episode 9090

Thomas makes a selfless act. Steffy is stunned by Liam’s admission.



B&B Spoilers Thursday, August 24, 2023 – Episode 9091

Eric and Ridge have a misunderstanding. Finn sees Steffy.



B&B Spoilers Friday, August 25, 2023 – Episode 9092

Eric protects his legacy and demands respect. Steffy and Finn profess their love.

 

The attempted Liam/Steffy/Finn triangle is tanking BB.

[Jeff]

Little Puke was only on 3 days so we can't blame him @dragonflies @Soapsuds 

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[dragonflies]

I can if I want too LMAO but even Beth's party didn't draw people in lol

[Soapsuds]

1 day is plenty!

[dragonflies]

1 day too many LMAO

[Faulkner]

With Y&R and B&B, everything feels like a lot of the same, story wise. (That latest B&B weekly promo could literally have come from any time in the past two years.) There’s really no need to really watch all the time. I’m hearing mixed things about GH, but those numbers have been yikes for a while now. 

[dragonflies]

Sheila is over played on BOLD, they really need to cut their losses with her.  

[AMCOLTLLover]

I Never i thought I see the day that Y&R is making such bad numbers. That’s insane.

I mean B&B is getting international support and money so they can put whatever they want on air as long as the international support is there.

GH… I’m still surprised that Oltl wasn’t saved when it got better ratings than GH before cancellation..  But GH can call itself lucky to even get continued by this point. All Those bad numbers and interruptions etc. 

The numbers are getting as low as GL, Atwt etc. Crazy. Lol 

[TEdgeofNight]

With appreciation and all due respect to Toups for posting the ratings, I don't believe that any decision maker at the networks look at only linear ratings anymore. It's a base that they build off that with Paramount+ (Y&R, B&B) and Hulu (GH) and on demand and live +7 all added into their numbers. We have no idea how many viewers these shows actually have.

[edgeofnik]

Absolutely. DAYS streaming numbers are what kept it alive at NBC for years and, ultimately, saved it at Peacock. I have no doubt the 3 remaining soaps do quite well on streaming.

Separately I'm pretty sure B&B's YouTube channel, where they're uploading previous season episodes, is quite popular both domestically and WW.

B&B is likely the safest of all soaps - it's 18 minutes, rarely does special effects, has used the same sets for years, LA remotes are cheap and the other remotes often tied to some other promotional effort aka they're subsidized.

[Liberty City]

Glad to see General Hospital up from last week, but a year ago? Damn. Admittedly I don't really pay attention to ratings, but these are... something else.